Chapter Thirty-Three: The Fake Ghost

  Gu Muren turned around and smiled awkwardly at Ouyang Bing, blinking his eyes innocently, looking very innocent, and weakly apologized to him, "Sorry, I thought this was our dorm."

  Ouyang Bing deepened the smile on her face and comforted her, "It's okay." Then she considerately asked her, "Do you want to drink some water?"

  Gu Mochen didn't feel anything at first, but when Ouyang Bing asked him, he felt that he was indeed a little thirsty, so he nodded slightly and softly said "uh-huh".

  Ouyang Bing got up to help Gu Mo Ning pour water, and Gu Mo Ning took the opportunity to sit up and carefully observe her surroundings. She turned her head slightly and saw Ji Liang and Su Xiao.

  A bolt of lightning struck, and Gu Moning was stunned. Why were the two of them hugging each other? This scene that was not suitable for children made Gu Moning's cheeks flush instantly.

  Ouyang Bing poured water back and happened to see Gu Moning's silly expression, thinking it was very cute, and unknowingly laughed out loud.

  Ouyang Bing's laughter suddenly pulled Gu Mo Ning's attention back, and Gu Mo Ning turned his head to look at Ouyang Bing, not knowing what he was laughing about.

  But she wasn't very curious about what he was laughing at, she just wanted to know why Su Xiao and Ji Liang were hugging each other.

  Gu Mò Níng still had a very surprised expression, pointing to Sū Xiǎo and Jì Liáng beside her, stuttering as she asked ōu Yáng Bīng, "Why are the two of them...hugging each other?"

  Ouyang Bing looked in the direction pointed by Gu Mo Ning.

  Before, when Su Xiao had a nightmare, he saw Ji Liang beside him and fell asleep at ease. After waking up, his thoughts were always on Gu Mo Ning, without noticing that Ji Liang was actually hugging Su Xiao.

  Ouyang Bing's smile became even more radiant, but suddenly took on a somewhat cunning meaning. He looked at Ji Liang and Su Xiao with great interest, and replied to Gu Mo Ning, "Earlier, Su Xiao was probably having a nightmare, looking very frightened. Ah Liang must have had no other choice but to do this."

  Gu Muer's expression suddenly turned serious, her head lowered and her eyebrows furrowed. Having a nightmare! What kind of nightmare? She seemed to have vaguely heard Su Xiao crying last night too, but she didn't know why either.

  Gu Merning suddenly thought of something and raised his head very seriously to ask Ouyang Bing, "You said you found us in the experimental building of our school last night?"

  Seeing Gu Mò Níng's serious expression, ōu Yáng Bīng also guessed that something might be wrong and became serious too. He replied seriously to Gu Mò Níng, "Yes, what's wrong?"

  Gu Merning's face suddenly lost its color and he trembled with his voice, saying, "We... we may have encountered a ghost."

  Ouyang Bing's face suddenly turned cold. A ghost? How could there be a ghost? It was probably someone playing tricks to scare them.

  Ouyang Bing took a glance at the water in her hand, and her expression softened. She handed the water to Gu Moring first, comforting her, "Don't worry, there are no ghosts in this world. Drink some water first."

  Gu Muniang took the cup of water, which was hot. She held it with both hands, and the heat spread from her palms to her body, warming her up. However, thinking about their terrifying experience at Ghost Gate Pass last night made her feel a chill that even the hot water couldn't dispel.

  Gu Muer Ning lowered her head and took a light sip of hot water. Except for the places where the water could reach, which had some warmth, everywhere else was icy cold.

  She also knew that there were no ghosts in this world and she wasn't very afraid of such illusory things, but her not being afraid didn't mean Xiaoxiao wasn't afraid.

  The experimental building used to have a rumor of being haunted, and last night was just when she had a fever, I don't know what happened. But it can scare Su Xiao like that, it must be something that happened, the most likely is someone dressed up as a ghost and scared Su Xiao.

  Who on earth would use such a method to scare them? What kind of grudge or grievance could they possibly have against these girls?

  Gu Mian Ning held the cup, lost in thought. Ouyang Bing didn't disturb her either, quietly walking out of the room to make a call to Shen Rui on the balcony to ask what had happened last night.

  Shen Rui is now in the house he rented for his grandmother inside the school, and is cooking for his grandmother.

  Although Shen Rui is often idle and lazy, his abilities are not bad at all, and he is also very good to his family members. It's just that he likes to have fun too much, which makes outsiders mistakenly think that he is just a spoiled and arrogant young master who doesn't take things seriously.

  Ouyang Bing made several calls to Shen Rui before he answered.

  He had a habit of putting his mobile phone on the desk when cooking, so he didn't see Ouyang Bing's call until after he finished cooking.

  At this time, he suddenly called him, was something wrong with Gu Mò Níng again?

  Shen Rui thought to himself that this girl was really troublesome, always getting into trouble every other day, but a hint of worry flashed unknowingly in his eyes.

  Shen Rui picked up the phone and said a cold "hello", somewhat anxiously waiting for Ouyang Bing to speak.

  The phone finally got through, and Ouyang Bing asked Shen Rui even more urgently, "How did you find Gu Mening and Su Xiao last night?"

  Feeling Ou Yang Bing's urgent tone, Shen Rui also became more anxious and told Ou Yang Bing about the situation last night in detail.

  "Last night I was walking in the school and found that the usually very bright laboratory building suddenly had no lights, it was very dark."

  I thought the main switch of the lab building was broken, so I went in to take a look. Not long after entering, I saw Gu Mo Ning and Su Xiao Yan lying on the ground, so I called you and Ah Liang over.

  "As for them fainting, I'm afraid it's probably due to a high fever."

  As soon as Shen Rui finished speaking, he felt that something was off. The experimental building had a rumor of being haunted before, so the lights in the experimental building were the brightest in their school.

  Why did the usually bright laboratory building suddenly have no lights? If Gu Mengning and Su Xia were really fainting from fever, where did they get the strength to walk to the laboratory building?

  And when he saw them two, Su Xiao tightly hugged Gu Mo Ning, looking like she had been frightened by something.

  Shen Rui suddenly felt a bit annoyed, he probably already knew the truth about Gu Mo Ning and Su Xiao fainting in the lab building.

  But he didn't think it was a supernatural phenomenon, guessing someone was playing tricks again.

  Shen Rui clenched his fists, and Ouyang Bing also thought that Su Xiao was not fainting because of a fever, but Gu Mòning was indeed fainting due to a fever. Therefore, Gu Mòning did not know what had happened in the lab building last night.

  Su Xiao was probably just frightened and that's why she had a fever.

  Ouyang Bing also clenched his fist, trying to calm himself down, and calmly told Shen Rui, "They didn't faint because of a fever, they saw a ghost. And I'm afraid someone is behind it."

  As expected. "Hmph", Shen Rui snorted, his angry expression suddenly turning into a faintly sinister smile as he said to Ouyang Bing, "I see, I'd like to see who dares to pretend to be a ghost in school."

  When Shen Rui revealed a hint of sinister tone, Ouyang Bing's furrowed eyebrows slightly relaxed.

  It seems like Rui is going to check last night's footage, and soon they will know what happened last night.

  Moreover, Shen Rui seems to be extremely angry, and I'm afraid those people's fate won't be optimistic this time.

  But those people have nothing to do with him, as long as Gu Mò Níng is fine. Ouyang's icy voice said to Shen Rui, "Then this matter will be handed over to you, investigate and contact me, I also want to see what kind of people are always at odds with Gu Mò Níng."

  Shen Rui responded with a simple "okay" before hanging up the phone. He took one last look at the still uncooked rice, then walked out with large strides and a gloomy face. He decided to go check the surveillance footage first before coming back to continue cooking.